Barbara Wisnom

Barbara Wisnom, CPCC Schenectady, NY

Organizational Development Consultant. Trainer/Facilitator. Senior Business Executive. Expert in Excellence.

As an Executive Coach for 18 years, Barbara has worked with hundreds of leaders, the majority of whom occupy positions in the C-suite. Her clients include such companies as YUM, Unilever, Mondelez & Wells Fargo. She works with financial services, healthcare, law, manufacturing , food service and media clients.

With a focus of leadership development, Barbara coaches senior executives in the areas of strategic thinking, employee engagement, innovation, communication & organizational change. Her clients report being more agile, focused, open minded and confident. They see their company grow, be more profitable, develop a culture of innovation & have better relationships with stakeholders.

Barbara’s background as a senior leader in multiple organizations has uniquely positioned her to understand what life is like in the leadership trenches. Because she has lived many of the challenges leaders face (declining market share, dwindling revenue, changes in the external environment), she has an appreciation for what clients experience.

Starting out in the healthcare industry, Barbara has worked in a variety of leadership roles, most recently as vice-president for a medical malpractice company. She has lived and worked overseas as a senior level director in a healthcare organization.

Barbara has Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Science. She is certified by the Coaches Training Institute, and has completed the Organizational & Relationship Systems Coaching program, as well as CTI’s Leadership Program.

Testimonials

When I opened my business, Barbara worked with all the staff helping them understand the team mind set. Working in a group with different personalities is a challenge that Barbara creatively addressed. She helped our community of workers work peacefully together and solve any problems that came up. I would recommend Barbara’s work for any business.Jane C. Morrison, Artist/Illustrator

I first worked with Barbara when I was being considered for a promotion at work. She helped me to narrow in on my strengths and weaknesses and develop a plan move smoothly into the new role. Once in the new position, she continued to help me work through different challenges in the areas of focus, staff training, relations, and motivation. I looked forward to our monthly meetings and always finished them feeling excited about tackling the issue and then reporting my successes to her the next month. She was one of my best cheerleaders! Working with her also helped to motivate me to start my own business and I continued to work with her through that transition and she once again proves to be an invaluable resource for me. Again, I can’t wait to share my successes and pick her brain for suggestions on how to overcome challenges. She helps me to identify my passion and vision and then focus on what’s important in achieving my goals. I highly recommend working with Barbara to anyone who wants to achieve maximum success in their professional lives.Loretta Rigney, Regional Leader at Primerica Financial Services

Barbara led my Board of Directors through a strategic planning session that was engaging, exciting and incredibly productive. Through a series of dynamic activities we were able to quickly fuse specific goals and tasks to our mission. We came away with not only a plan for our future, but an energized Board as well.Kathy Febraio, Executive Director at NYS Speech-Language-Hearing Assoc